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Old 01-09-2015, 04:19 AM   #349
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CB Trae Waynes, Michigan State -- Right now, 2015 is shaping up to be a difficult year at the top of the cornerback's big board. There's only two consensus cornerbacks that have 1st round grades from most people, and that's Florida State's PJ Williams and Trae Waynes. Waynes is primarily en vogue right now because he sports an excellent height-speed combo, at roughly 6'1" (with very long arms) with legit 4.4 speed. Waynes has some great fundamentals: he plays off-man extremely well, cutting off the receiver to get to the ball first on any crossing routes. He's also brilliant at using the sideline as an additional defender on any and all outside routes. If he reads your WR's move to the outside, it can legitimately be over as he guides the WR wide and swallows him up against the sideline. This trend will struggle to continue in the NFL. Waynes is listed at 200 lbs, but he looks like a skinny 170 out there -- he has a very thin frame that makes Phillip Gaines look thick. He also is so successful due to his incessantly aggressive nature -- he is constantly clawing, grabbing, and running over WRs he's covering, so he is likely going to be a penalty machine in the NFL for a while, and it's not entirely clear if he'll be able to grow out of it. Other than his slight frame, he should blow up at the Combine, and a team will likely fall in love with him enough to take him in the 1st. I'd be awfully wary, though, as his frame and his overaggressive defense would give me cause for some concern.

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